linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH wireless-drivers] mt76x0: Remove VLA usage

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Date:   Thu,  9 Aug 2018 15:09:11 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH wireless-drivers] mt76x0: Remove VLA usage

Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> Even with "const" variables, the compiler will generate warnings about
> VLA usage. In the quest to remove all VLAs from the kernel[1], this uses
> a #define instead of a const to do the array sizing.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Fixes: e87b5039511a ("mt76x0: eeprom files")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

17ad18fd12a3 mt76x0: Remove VLA usage

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10559297/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches